LIST OF BOOKS, INSECTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS FOR 1917. 



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STANDARD BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER SUBJECTS. 



Agriculture for Young Folks, by A. 



D. Wilson. The best book for tbe 

 amateur and ideal for school work, 

 illustrated ^ $1.00 



Alfalfa — It growth, uses, history, etc. 

 F. D. Coburn, 111 



Amateur Fruit Growing, by S. B. 



Green, a practical guide to growing 

 for home use and the market. 111., 



134 pp., cloth, 50c; paper 



American Wild Flowers, Field Book 



of — Matthews. 224 His. Cloth 



Asparagus Culture — F. M. Hexamer. 



174 pp.. 111. Cloth 



Botany: The Story of Plant l-ife— 



Wright. Cloth 



Bulbs and Tuberous-Rooted Plants — 



III. Allen. Cloth 



Cabbage, Cauliflower and Allied Vege- 

 tables — ^Allen 



Celery Culture — Beattie, Cloth 



Elements of Agriculture, by J. H. 

 Sheppard and J. C. McDowell, a 

 complete treatise on practical agri- 

 culture. Cloth. 100 pp 



Farm Grasses of the V. S. — 111. Cloth. 

 W. J. Spillman 



Farm and Garden Rule Book — Bailey. 

 A useful book for gardeners and 

 fruit growers. Cloth 



Flowers, How to Grow Them — Rex- 

 ford. Cloth 



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Feeding and management of liiTe 

 Stock, by Thomas Shaw. Gives the 

 principles covering selection, feed- 

 ing, breeding, management and 

 marketing. 100 pp., cloth, $1.00; 

 etifC cover 50 



Forage Crops — Shaw. Cloth 1.00 



Fruit Culture, Successful — 111. Cloth. 

 Maynard 1.00 



Garden Guide for 1917 — The Amateur 

 Gardener's Handbook. Tells how 

 to plan, plant and maintain the 

 home grounds and garden. Many 

 illustrations. An indispensable 

 work. Cloth 75c; paper 50 



Garden Making — Bailey. 111. Cloth.. 1.50 



Garden, Money in the — Quinn. Cloth. 1.00 



Gardening for Old and Young — Har- 

 ris. Cloth 1.00 



Grasses and How to Grow Them — By 

 Thomas Shaw, covering name and 

 character of all the principal 

 grasses in America. 111., 453 pp., 

 cloth 1.50 



Greenhouse Construction — Cloth. 111. 

 Taft 1.50 



Greenhouse Management — 111, Cloth. 



Taft 1.50 



House Plants, Success With — Hill- 

 house. For Amateurs. Paper 50 



Home Floriculture — Rexford. 111.... l.OO 



Insects and Insecticides — 111. Cloth. 

 Weed 1.50 



Mushrooms, How to Grow — Wm. Fal- 

 coner. 170 pp., HI. Cloth 1.00 



Onions — Ralph W. Jordan. A com- 

 plete treatise for the professional 

 or amateur grower. 111., 95 pp., 

 cloth 



Plant Culture — Oliver. A working 

 hand-book for all who grow flow- 

 ering and ornamental plants. 308 

 pages. Ill 



Poultry, Making Pay — 111. Cloth 

 Powell 



Poultry Manual — By Franklane L. Se- 

 well and Ida E. Tilson. A safe 

 guide to successful poultry culture 

 in all its branches. 148 pp. 50c; 

 paper . . . . , 



Practical Floriculture — Henderson. 

 Revised edition. 111. Cloth...... 



Quack" Grass Fradication — P. B. 

 Crane 



Rhubarb Culture — Thompson. 111. 

 Paper. 25c. Cloth 



Rose Culture, Comnjercial — Under 

 Glass and Outdoors. By Eber 

 Holmes. Very complete. 111. Cloth. 



Soil, The — King. . 111. Cloth 



Spraying Crops, Why, When and 

 How — Weed 



Strawberry Culturist — Fuller 



Tobacco Culture. Ill 



Vegetable Gardening — By S. B. Green. 

 On the growing of vegetables for 

 home use and the market. 111. 252 

 pp. Cloth, $1.00 ; paper 



Weeds and How to Eradicate Them — ■ 

 111. Thos. Shaw. Cloth, 50c; 

 paper cover 



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FUNGICIDES AND INSECTICIDES. 



Prices Subject to change. 

 If Wanted by Mail Add Postage at Parcel Post Bates. Liquids in Bottles Not Mailable. 



Aphine — A powerful liquid insecticide. Will destroy Aphis, 

 Red Spider, Thrips, Mealy Bug and Scale without the slight- 

 est injury to plants. % pt, 40c; 1 pt., 65c; 1 qt., $1.00; 

 gallon $2.50 



Arsenate of I.ead — Remedy for all insects that eat leaves or 

 attack fruit trees. Unusually adhesive and will not burn. 

 Paste form. Use 3 pounds to 50 gals, of water. 1 lb. 25c; 



5 lbs., f 1.00 ; 10 lbs., $1.75 ; 20 lbs $3.00 



Powder form. Use 1% to 2 lbs. to 50 gals. % lb., 25c; 1 



lb., 40c; 5 lbs. $1.75; 10 lbs., $2.75; 20 lbs $5.00 



Bordeaux Mixture (L,iquid) — Ready for use after adding water. 

 Dilute 25 to 50 times as required. 1 quart, 50c; 1 gal $1.50 



Black Leaf 40 — Concentrated Nicotine Sulphate. Recommend- 

 ed by all experts as the best for spraying, sheep dipping 

 and similar uses. % lb. tin, 75c; 2 lb. tin $2.50 



Bug Death — ^A non-poisonous insect-killing powder, used for 

 potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, etc. Use 12 lbs. per acre. 

 Per lb., 20c; 3 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs., 60c; 121/2 lbs., $1.25; 

 100 lbs $8.50 



Carbon Bisnlphlde — A most eflfective remedy for ants in the 

 lawn. With a sharp stick make deep holes in hill about 

 six Inches apart and pour a teaspoonful in each. 1 lb. 

 tin, each $ .35 



Cut Worm Killer (Sterlingworth) — A coarse powder to be 

 sprinkled near plants to be protected. Has an enticing odor 

 and worms prefer it to vegetation. Chickens and birds will 

 not be poisoned by eating the worms killed by it. 1 lb. 

 sprinkler box, 25c ; 5 lb. tin $1.00 



Grape Dust — ^A sure preventive and cure for mildew. Per lb., 

 10c; 5 lbs., 40c; 10 lbs., 75c; 100 lbs $7.00 



Fnngine — An Infallible remedy for mildew, rust, wilt, bench- 

 rot, etc. Equally effective under glass and out-of-doors. 

 i gal. makes 50 gals, of solution. Vz pt., 40c; pt. 65c; 

 qt. $1.00; gal $3.50 



Hellebore — Being less poisonous than Paris Green, is safer to 

 use on fruit and vegetables. Dust on dry, or dissolve 1 oz. 

 to 3 gallons of water and apply with syringe. Write for 

 prices. 



Kerosene Emulsion — Beady for use by adding 25 parts water 

 to 1 of emulsion. 1 qt., 40c; 1 gal $1.00 



Lime and Sulphur (Horicum) — 1 pt. 30c; 1 qt., 40c; 1 gal.. $1.00 



Nico-Fume — Liquid; % lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.50; 4 lbs., $5.50; 

 8 lbs $10.50 



Nico-Fume — Tobacco paper Insecticide for fumigating green- 

 houses. Does not injure blooms and furnishes the easiest 

 method of fumigating ever devised. Tins of 24 sheets, 85c; 

 144 sheets, $4.00; 288 sheets $7.50 



Nikoteen Liquid — 1% oz. bottle, 40c; % lb., 85c; 1 lb $1.50 



Paris Green — Write for prices. 



Slug Shot — Valuable for destroying slugs. Per 5 lb. to 10 lb. v 

 pkgs., Se per lb.; 25 lbs. to 50 lbs., 7c per lb.; 100 lbs., 

 $6.50. In 1 lb. cartons, with perforated top for applying 

 cjich 15 



Sulphur — Powdered; per lb., 10c; 5 lbs., 40c; 25 lbs., $1.50; 

 100 lbs $5.50 



Sulpho-Tobacco Soap — Invaluable to all lovers of plants. All 

 insects succumb to it. Directions with each package. 3 oz. 

 cake, lOe; by mail, 13c; 8 oz. cake, 20c; by mail $ .28 



Tobacco Dust — For insects on plants; apply with duster; per 

 lb., 10c ; 5 lbs $ .40 



Tobacco Stems — Per lb., 3c; per bbl., $1.00; in bales, per 

 100 lbs $1.25 



Tree Tanglefoot — The finest thing on earth for banding trees 

 to prevent worms and crawling insects from ascending the 

 trunks. Sticky like Tanglefoot fly-paper, remaining so 

 all season. 1 lb. can 35c ; 3 lb. can $1.00 



Whale Oil Soap — Dissolve V2 oz. in gal. of water; % lb., 15c; 

 per lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; 10 lbs $1.00 



X L All Liquid Insecticide — English nicotine spraying prepar- 

 ation for Mealy Bug, Red Spider and other insects. Harm- 

 less to foliage. % gal., $2.25 ; gal $4.00 



FERTILIZERS. 



Prices Subject to Change. 

 Carrie's Complete Fertilizer for Garden and Lawn — ^A complete manure, especially adapted for the top dressing of lawns. It Is 

 odorless, clean and convenient to use. Sow broadcast, in early spring, just as the grasses are starting into growth; it will be found 

 of great benefit in producing a nice healthy growth of turf. It is much easier to use than a top dressing of stable manure, which very 

 often introduces a large crop of vile weeds into lawns, besides being very unsightly. Quantities required and prices: 



10x25 feet, use 5 lbs. ; price $ .30 



20x25 feet, use 10 lbs. ; price 50 



25x50 feet, use 25 lbs. ; price 1.25 



25x100 feet, use 50 lbs. ; price $2.00 



50x100 feet, use 100 lbs. ; price. 3.50 



600 to 800 lbs., for one acre, per 100. 3.00 



Magnesia Lawn Lime — Sweetens the soil, giving the grass a chance. 1 lb. to 8 sq. ft. 10 lbs. 20c; 100 lbs $1.25 



Acid Phosphate— 25 lbs., 65c; 100 lbs., $1.75; 500 lbs.. $7.25; 1,000 lbs., $13.50; ton $25.00 



Pure Bone Meal— 5 lbs., 25c; 10 lbs., 45c; 25 lbs., 85c; 50 lbs., $1.35; 100 lbs., $2.50; 200 lbs., $4.50; 500 lbs., $9.75; 1,000 lbs., 



$19.00; ton 37.00 



Horn Shavings — Used during summer season in vases, flower-beds, etc., after natural fertility of soil is exhausted. 5 lbs. 45c; 



25 lbs.. $1.65; 100 lbs •• 6.00 



Kalnlt — Write for prices. 



Nitrate of Soda — Should be sown when plants are in growth. 1 lb., 10c; 5 lbs., 40c; 25 lbs., $1.65; 100 lbs., $5.50. Write for ton prices. 



Plant Food Tablets (Sterlingworth) — Use by dissolving in water. Small box by mail. 10c; large box by mail 25 



Sheep Mannre (Pulverized) — Makes the richest and safest liquid manure. Use one pound to five gallons of water. 25 lbs., 60c; 



100 lbs., $2.00; 500 lbs., $7.75; 1,000 lbs 14.00 



Cattle Mannre (Shredded) — For top dressing, mulching, etc. 25 lbs., 65c: 100 lbs., $2,25; 500 lbs.. $8.50; 1,000 lbs,, 15.00 



Sniphate of Potash — Write for prices. Muriate of Potash — Write for prices. 



CrBBIE'S SOLUBLE FOOD FOB HOUSE PLANTS— A high grade fertilizer ; put up in small packages to suit the cultivator of 



house plants. Each, 15c and 25c ; by mail, 25c and • • 40 



West's Soil Tonic — "A nentralizer, not a fertilizer," for ferns and all other house plants, Pbt 10c; by mail 15 



